Snap-hook.



L. E. HOLCOM.

SNAP HOOK.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 1, I914.

LZMJFMw Patented May1,1917.

LINDSEY E. HOLGOM, OF TWISP, WASHING-TON.

SNAP-HOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 1, 1917.

Application filed. May 1, 1914. Serial No. 835,659.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

130 it known that I, LnmsnY E. HoLooM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Twisp, in the county of @kanogan and State of l'Vashington, have invented new and useful improvements in Snap-Hooks, of. which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to snap hooks, and more especially to those having sliding spring-pressed mousings; and the object of the same is to produce an article of this character having twin hooks standing alongside each other and opening in opposite directions so that a ring or link may be inserted 1. between the hooks and then turned to pass it through their throats simultaneously, and independent mousings normally closing both the throats and capable of being manually retracted by force applied purposely to both the handles simultaneously, before the ring or link can be released.

With the above and other objects in View, the improvement resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and falling within the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a perspective vew of a snap hook constructed in accordance with the present invention,

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the same,

Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal sectional view through the same,

Fig. 4 is an end view, and

Fig. 5 is a transverse section approximately on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, 1 designates the shank or body of the hook, which preferably comprises an elongated substantially rectangular member which may have its corners rounded. The shank l at one of its ends is formed with a transverse recess or opening 2, the rear wall of which being provided with a central reduced opening 3 for the reception of the shank 4c of an eye 5. The end of the shank 4: within the opening 2 is formed with a head 6, whereby the eye is swiveled to the shank 1. The other end of the body is provided with a deep longitudinal slot 7 by which it is forked or bifurcated, the arms of the bifurcation standing on edge and being spaced slightly from each other. Said arms carry two hooks 8 and 9 which may be called twin hooks as they are duplicates of each other, stand side by side and parallel, are spaced by the width of the slot 7, and differ only in that the throat of the hook 8 as shown in Fig. 1 is uppermost and opposite the shank of the hook 9, whereas the throat of the latter is at the bottom as appears in Fig. 2. The end of each arm is by preference provided with an abrupt and substantially. fiat face 17, the two faces being alined transversely of the structure, and as seen in Fig. 1 the shank of the hook S is integral with the nearer arm and deflected downward therefrom just in rear of such face, its bend is parallel with that of the hook 9, and its bill is bent back so that it is directed straight toward said face 17 near the upper edge of the nearer arm, being spaced therefrom by the width of the throat of this hook. Across this throat stands the mousing which Ipreferably make in the shape of a bolt 10 slidably mounted in a chamber which is bored into the arm in direct alinement with the bill of the hook, and normally projected by an expansive spring 14 in the rear end of said chamber as seen in Fig. 2. A longitudinal slot 12 opens from said chamber through the upper edge of this arm throughout the proper length, and a handle 11 projecting radially from the bolt passes through this slot and, has a suitable head on its upper end as indicated. The bolt 13 and its handle 15 are mounted in the other or remote arm of Fig. 1 in the same manner, as will be best seen in Fig. 2, but it is important to note that the heads of the handles 11 and 15 are exposed on opposite faces of the body 1 of the structure, the for mer on the upper edge of one arm and the latter on the lower edge of the other. The numeral 16 is applied to a ring as shown in Fig. 1 as of suflicient size to pass through both hooks 8 and 9, but it often occurs that an oblong link of a chain is to be engaged with a snap hook of this character and unless it is turned crosswise it can hardly be made to embrace both hooks. In that case it can be engaged with only one hook, and perhaps another link at the extremity of another stretch of chain can be engaged with the other hook. But whatever the element engaged with this hook, it is held by the -mousing, and the particular advantage of to permit of the ring being inserted within the hook 8. When this is accomplished the bolt 13 is moved away from the hook 9, the ring turned until the same is brought within the said hook. By such an arrangement it will be noted that the ring 16 will be effectively retained by the hook irrespective of the jerking movement imparted to the ring by tossing of the head of the animal to which the strap connecting the ring 16 of the halter is attached, and furthermore that should one of the heads of the spring pressed bolts be contacted and moved to release one of the hooks, the second book will still retain the ring upon the device.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the simplicity of the device, as well as the advantages thereof will, it is thought,'be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the art to which such invention appertains without further detailed description.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. A snap hook comprising a body bifurcated at one end, and spaced parallel hooks carried by the arms of the bifurcation and each having its throat opening laterally and opposite to the shank of the other; combined with independent means out of line with the space between said hooks for normally closing their throats, and separate handles on such means exposed on relatively opposite edges of said arms.

2. A snap hook comprising a bifurcated body, the arms of the bifurcation having transversely alined abrupt faces and being provided with longitudinal chambers opening through said faces and with slots opening from the chambers through relatively opposite edges of the two arms, bolts in said chambers, springs therein independently projecting the bolts, handles on the latter extending through the respective slots; and twin hooks whose shanks are integral with the respective arms and deflected from their unslotted edges, whose bends are parallel, and whose bills have their tips directed toward and spaced from said faces and each alined with its respective bolt.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LINDSEY E. HOLCOM.

Witnesses RAY E. SAoKnTT,

EVERETT E. HOLLEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G. 

